Damn, that's interesting! @lemmy.ml minyaen @lemmy.ml 21 hr. ago

Excel started development thousands of years ago

www.datafix.com.au A data table thousands of years old

In actuality, this is fascinating! A spreadsheet from a time when dates were referenced by the conclusions of major events. Wonder if someone got back paid for their ancestors' work developing excel though 😉

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I usually trace it back to VisiCalc.
I honestly think that some systems of organization are hard-wired into us, and therefore inevitable. The table or spreadsheet is a perfect example of this.
- Pivot tables are what separate us from the ape.